Main news of May 20

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* A strong earthquake 6.0 magnitude struck northern Italy on Sunday morning leaving at least six people dead and 50 injured, more than 3,000 people were displaced.

*The second and final round of presidential election will be held on Sunday in Serbia between former President Boris Tadic and his conservative opponent Tomislav Nikolic.

* Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday as it refused to remove materials that local authorities consider “anti-Islamic,” reported DawnNews channel.

 

RUSSIA

* Police detained over 10 more protesters on early Sunday on the Stary Arbat street as anti-Putin activists decided to encamp the street after being ousted from Kudrinskaya Square.

*Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev assured U.S. President Barack Obama of Russia’s succession in its foreign policies course after Vladimir Putin took the post of the country’s president.

* Almost one million visitors attended the Moscow Museum Night festival, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

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Police killed the leader of the Khasavyurt militant group in a security operation in the North Caucasus republic, the press office of the Russian Anti-Terrorism Committee reported on Sunday.

* Russia trounced Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday's final to win the world hockey championships title for the fourth time in the modern era and the first time since 2009.